The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-09-29

he saw some enc sheep AMI oxen too fat to
kill, and so he thought he would steal them.
He drove them toward home, but stopped
TO report TO the prophet how well he had
executed is commission, when in the dis
tance the sheep began to bleat and the oxen
TO below, The Sc ret was out and Samuel
said to the blushing and con founded saul:
"What mems the bleating of the sh o. that
hear and the lowing OF the cattleN Aye, my
hearers, you cannot keep an iniluity quiet
At Just the wrong time the sheep will
Llsat and tho oxen viii below Achan can
not steal tho Eaby,on!sh garment without
getting stoned to death, nor Benedict Arnold
betray his country without being oxecrated
for all tine. Look over the police arrests,
these thieves, these burglars, these adulterers,
these counterfeiters, these highwaymen,
these assassins They all thought
they could bury their iniquity SO
deep down that it would never come to resur-
rection, But there was some shoe that an
swerei to the pint in the sand, some false
keys found in possession, some bloody knife
that whispered of the deed and the pub
lie indignation and the anathema of
outraged law hurled him into the Tomhs
or boosted him on tho gallowS. At the close
of the battle between the Dauphin of France
and tine Helvetians, Burchard Monk was so
Q ated with the victory that he lifted his
helmet 10 LOOK Off upon the field when a
wounded soldier hurled stone that struck
his uncovered forehead and he fell Sin will
always leave some spot exposed, aud there is
no safety in iniqutty. Francis the
First, King of France, was discussing how it
was b,st to get his army into Italy. Amari,
the court TOOL, sprang out from the corner
and said to the king and his staff officers:
you had better be thinking how you will
get your army back out of italy after once
you have entered In other words, 1t is easier
70, a. s.,tA .l... a.
OF 1t. Whitetleld was riding on horseback in
a lonely way with some missionary money in
sack fastened to the sad lie bags. A high
wayman sprang out from the thicket and put
his hand out toward the gold, when White
field turned upon him and said THAT belon rs
to the Lord Jesus Christ, touch tiff you dare"
and the villain fell back empty handed into
If offended, it becomes Gods avenging minis
ter. Do not think that you can hide any
great and protracted sin in your hearts. In
an unguarded moment it will slip OF the lip,
or some slight occasion may for a moment
set a ar this door of hell that you wanted to
keep closed. But suppose that in
this life YOU hide it, and you get along with
that tranSgreSs;on burning in your heart as a
ship on fire within for days may hinder the
flame from b. ealing out by keeping down the
hatchways, yet at last, in the Judgment, that
iniquity will blaze out before the throne of
God and the universe
Furthermore, learn from this subject the
inseparabe connection between all events
howeye r remote. Lord Hast ngs was be-
headed one year after he had caused the death
of the { ueen children, in the very month,
the very day, the very hour and the very mo-
ment There is wonderful precision in
the Divine judgments. The universe is
only one thought of God. Those
things which SEEN fragmentary. and
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one great thought How far apart seemed
these two e>e nts-Joseph sofa to the
Arabian merchants and the rulershp of
Egypt. Yet you see in what a mysterious
way God connected the two in one pan. So
all events are linked together. You
who are aged can LOOK back and
group together a thousand things in
One undivide ed chain of events reached from
the Garden of Ed n to the cross of Calvary
and thus up to heaven. There is a relation
between the smallest insect that huns in the
summer air and the archangel on his
throne. Col can trace direct ancestral
line from the blue jay that last spring
butt its nest in tree behind the house
to some one of that flock of birds, which,
when Noah no sted the ark's window, with a
whirr and dash of bright wings went out to
sing over Mount Alarat. The tulips that
bloomed this summer i'll the fiower-bed were
nurSed of last winters snow-hakes. The fur
therest star on one side the universe could not
look to the furtherest star on the other
side and say: You are no relation to me -
for from that bright orb q voice of light
would ring across the heavens responding:
"Yes, yes: we are sisters Sir Sidney Smith
in prison was playing lawn tennis in the
yard and the bail few over the wall Another
ball containing letters was thrown back,
and SO communication was opened with
the outside word d, and Sir Sidney escaped
in time to defeat Bonapartas EGYPTIAN ex-
petition. What a small incident connected
with what vast result! Sir Lobert Peel from
pattel II he drew on the back of a pewter
dinner plate got tie suggestions of thai
which led to the important inven-
ton by which calico is printed. Moth
ing in Gods universe swings at loose
ends Accidents are only Gods way
of turning leaf in the book of his eternal
DEGREES, From our ciaGle to or grave there
Is path all marktd out Each event in ouI
Life connect with every other event in
our lie Our loss may be tie most direct
road to our gain. Our defeats and victories
are twin brothers. The whole direction OF
our life was changed by something
which at the time seemed to you a
triile, while some occurrence which
seemed tremendou, affected you but little
The Rev. DR.. Kennedy. of Baskng Ridge
New jersey, went into his p llpit one Sab
bath and by strange freak OF memory for
got his subject and fol- got his text, and il
great embarrassment rose before his audi
ence and announced the circumstance and de-
claied himself entirely unable to preach; Their
launched TO til in a few words Of entreaty
aud warning which resulted in the outbreak
ing of the mightiest revival of religion evel
known in that State revival ofreligion thai
resulted in churches still standing and III the
conve rsion of a large number of man wh'
entered the Gospel ministry who have
brought their thousands into the kingdom
of God. Gods plans are magnificent
beyond all comprehension. He molls US,
turns ard directs us, and we know it not.
ThouSanI of years are to Him but as the
flight of shuttle. The most terrific occur
renee does not make God tremble, AMI the
most triumphant achievement does not lift
Him into rapture. That one great thought of
God goes on through the centuries. and nations
1se and fall, and eras pass, and the world
itself changes, but God still keeps the undi-
| vlded mastery, linking event to event and
century TO century. To God they are ali one
| event,on history, one plan one development,
one system Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord Col Almighty.
Furthermore: we learn from this story the
propriety OF laying up for the future. Dur
ing seven years of plenty Joseph prepared for
the famine, and when it came he had q
crowded storehouse. The life of most men In
g. worldly respect is divided into years OF
plenty and famine 1t is seldom that any
man passes through life without at least seven
years of plenty. During these seven prosperous
years your business bears a rich harvest
You hardly know where all the money comes
from, it comes so fast Every bargain you
make seems to turn into gold. You contract
few bad debts. You are astounded with
large dividends. You invest more and more
capital. You wonder how men can be
content with a small business, gather
ing in only a hundred dollars whert
you reap your thousands. These are tn,
seven years of plenty. Now, Joseph. is the
time to prepare for fam ne: for to almost
every man there do come seven years OF
famine. You will be sick: you will bt
unfortunate; you will be defrauded
you will be disappointed; you will b,
! old, and If you have no storehous
upon which to fall back you NAV be famine
struck. We have no admiration for TIL
DENYING ones self of all present comfort an,
luxury for the mere pleasure of boarding up
this grasping for the mere pleasure of seeing
how large pile you can get, this Away
Being poor and cramped because as soon a
dollar comes in it is sent out to see if
can't find another dollar to carry home on il
oack: but there is an intelligent and nobl,
minded forecast which we love to sc
in men who have families and kn1re